The man taken into custody after a police chase Saturday has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of a 72-year-old man abducted from Lockland.

Christopher R. McFerron, 44, of Lockland, allegedly caused the death of James Rolman Friday while attempting an aggravated burglary, according to court documents. But police couldn't say Monday at a press conference if McFerron was the gunman who killed Rolman.

"We're still trying to determine if there is more than one individual," said Lockland Police Chief Jim Toles.

Rolman was last seen around 11:30 a.m. Friday withdrawing a large amount of money from the U.S. Bank on Williams Street in Lockland, police said.

"Rolman cashed some checks in order to make some payments to customers," Toles said. Investigators are still reviewing the tapes of the bank interaction.

Video from from the bank showed an unknown man entering Rolman's vehicle as he left the bank, police said.

Toles said Rolman's cell phone was turned off after he left the bank. Investigators were unable to track a signal after that, the chief said.

Rolman was found Saturday morning dead in his car, which had been hidden inside a silo behind the closed J&R Trucking, where McFerron used to work.

Toles said McFerron had in the past taken scrap metal to Rolman's business and knew Rolman's routine.

McFerron was a person of interest in the homicide investigation Saturday when he led dozens of police officers on an hour-and-10-minute chase that wound through Interstate 74 to Interstate 275 east, forcing officers to close portions of the highway.

McFerron appeared in court Monday, when a judge set his bond at $100,000 bond for one count each of inducing panic, having a weapon while intoxicated and resisting arrest, according to court documents.

The aggravated homicide charge was added Monday afternoon.

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A memorial was set up Monday morning at the entrance to David Hirschberg Steel Co. in Lockland, owned by James Rolman.(Photo: The Enquirer/Ally Marotti)

Court documents indicate McFerron began holding a .40 caliber Taurus semi-automatic pistol to his head after stopping his vehicle on I-74 and ordering his wife to get out of the car. Police learned later McFerron had allegedly ingested heroin during the slow-speed chase, which ranged between 2 and 30 mph.

During the chase, which Lockland police initiated at about 7:40 p.m., dispatchers urged caution, saying the suspect had a gun to his head. What was happening was broadcast over the scanner minute by minute. Several media outlets tracked the chase.

By 8:41 p.m. the suspect reached the Blue Rock connector, where he exited his car.

Several officers quickly surrounded him.

At 8:42 p.m. Hamilton County EMA tweeted: "Suspect in custody! Great job Hamilton County, City of Cincinnati and FBI."

McFerron's attorney said Monday in court that he has two children, ages 20 and 15, and is employed as a truck driver for Panera Bread.

He has no prior court record in Hamilton County, according to court documents.

Police officers head back to their cars after taking a suspect into custody. (Photo: The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger)